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Miso Soup Recipe

Step by step video for 10 minute miso soup recipe with Jaden Hair and Food Network Star Aarti Sequiera.

By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Miso Soup Recipe

Why it works: Miso and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Miso Soup Recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

154Calories
11 gProtein
6 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tofu100g firm76
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Waternot in our table0
Seaweednot in our table0
Soupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By steamykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Miso + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together182 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Tofu + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together729 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Miso + seaweedtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).

  5. Seaweed + tofutop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the seaweed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (miso, tofu, onion):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Seaweedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against miso, tofu, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.